In article <9502017941.AA794107609 at tcplink.nrel.gov>, zeilerk at TCPLINK.NREL.GOV says:
>>> Since then I have developed a new idea, not shared by
>virtually anyone, I find. (Including my spouse!)
>>My proposal is that when two individuals decide to join together - leaving their
>original family and forming a new family - that they should pick a BRAND NEW
>SURNAME!!
I do know one couple who combined a syllable from each of their surnames
to create a new surname. It's worked out well for them, and since they
have children, it avoids the
confusion - and exclusion - of having the wife being the only one in the
family with a different surname.
I would considered this option very seriously, but my husband was not
willing to. So we each kept our own names. It confuses some people,
but that's OK.